About ERP Pilot
ERP Pilot is an independent ERP comparison and selection platform for mid-market companies, typically 50 to 2,000 employees. It exists because ERP selection is usually decided on feature lists, and feature lists hide the handful of requirements that actually eliminate a system.
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- ERP systems scored
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- Product profiles
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- Industry guides
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- Selection guides
What ERP Pilot does
We run a structured selection process in the browser. You answer questions about your company, your finance and compliance requirements, your countries, and your operating model. The engine eliminates the systems that cannot meet those requirements and ranks the rest by fit, with the reason for every elimination shown in plain language.
Around that sit the reference pages: individual profiles for 22 ERP products, 8 industry guides, and a pricing section with list prices, implementation cost ranges, and a total cost of ownership calculator. The German edition at erp-pilot.com/de covers the DACH market with its own system set, EUR pricing, and HGB and GoBD context.
We are not an implementation partner, a reseller, or an ERP vendor. We do not implement the systems we compare.
The knockout methodology
Most comparison sites score hundreds of features on a spreadsheet, which produces a ranking where every system looks competent. Selection projects do not fail because a system scored 3.8 instead of 4.1 on reporting. They fail because the system cannot post to a statutory ledger the company is legally required to keep, or cannot run the process the factory actually runs.
So we invert it. A requirement that a system either meets natively or fails outright is a knockout criterion, and a system that fails one is eliminated rather than ranked lower. The first six questions carry the hard knockouts and produce a first result in about two minutes:
- Industry and the processes it implies
- Company size
- Countries you operate in
- Accounting standards you report under
- Deployment model (cloud, private, on-premise)
- Budget per user
Ten further questions refine the ranking without changing the eliminations. Two rules keep the result honest. Budget never knocks a system out, because list prices are a starting point and real deals land 15 to 25 percent below them, so an expensive system stays in the list with a visible note instead of disappearing. And a system withdrawn from the market is eliminated by the engine with a dated reason rather than deleted, which is how SAP Business ByDesign is handled after new sales ended in April 2026.
The fastest way to understand the method is to run it. No registration for the ranked shortlist.
Start the free comparisonWhere the data comes from
Product capabilities, module scope, and technology details come from vendor documentation, release notes, and hands-on project work. Pricing comes from published vendor price lists where they exist. For most enterprise ERP vendors they do not, in which case the figures are ranges built from deal data and are labelled as estimates, never presented as quotes.
Every pricing page carries the date its figures were last checked against the source. That date moves only when someone actually re-checks the numbers, and the same date feeds the page, its structured data, and the sitemap, so the three cannot contradict each other. If a page shows no date, it is because we have no verified one to show.
Corrections are welcome, including from vendors. Write to hi@erp-pilot.com with a source and we will check it.
How we make money
Independence is worth nothing if it is vague, so here is the full revenue picture.
Paid reports ($27 and $147)
The quiz, the ranked shortlist, and the knockout reasons are free. A Quick Fit Summary costs $27 and a Board Decision Report costs $147. Both are generated from your own answers. Buying one does not change your ranking.
Featured Partner listings ($97 per month)
Implementation consultancies can pay for a featured listing in our partner directory. Featured listings sort above free ones inside the directory. They have no effect on which ERP system the quiz recommends.
Vendor Visibility ($2,997 per year)
ERP vendors can pay for an enhanced product profile and placement on the industry pages they serve. A paid profile presents the vendor's own words, clearly marked as theirs. It is placement, never endorsement.
What none of that buys
- A position in the quiz scoring or the knockout logic. The scoring engine takes no commercial input at all.
- A rank in a “best ERP for X” comparison or listicle.
- A change to our assessment of a product, or the removal of a documented limitation.
- Your contact details. Nothing goes to a partner or vendor unless you explicitly opt in.
We also take no referral commission from ERP vendors for a recommendation. The independence of the comparison layer is the product. Selling it would end the business rather than fund it.
Who operates this site
ERP Pilot (erp-pilot.com) is operated by Enlix, LLC, Wilmington, Delaware, USA. Responsible for content is Tobias Trost. Full operator details are in the legal notice, and how we handle your data is described in the privacy policy.
General enquiries, corrections, and press: hi@erp-pilot.com.
Frequently asked questions
Is ERP Pilot independent?
The comparison layer is. No ERP vendor can pay for a position in the quiz scoring, for a rank in a comparison, or for a change to our assessment of their product. We do sell paid reports, directory listings to implementation firms, and enhanced profiles to ERP vendors, all of which are placement only and disclosed on this page.
Who writes the ERP comparisons?
Tobias Trost, an SAP S/4HANA Cloud consultant working on live implementations with a focus on Sales and Distribution and Order-to-Cash. He founded ERP Pilot and reviews every product profile and comparison published here.
How does the knockout methodology work?
Instead of scoring hundreds of features, we identify the requirements a system either meets natively or fails outright: your accounting standard, your country set, your deployment model, your industry process. A system that fails one of those is eliminated rather than ranked lower. Three or four knockouts usually cut a shortlist from six or more systems to two or three real contenders.
Does a small budget eliminate an ERP system?
No. Budget never triggers a knockout, because vendor list prices are a starting point and typical discounts run 15 to 25 percent. A system above your budget stays in the ranking with an explicit note that it exceeds your range at list price.
What does ERP Pilot cost?
The comparison, the ranked shortlist, and the knockout reasons are free. Two optional reports are paid: a Quick Fit Summary at $27 and a Board Decision Report at $147.
20 ERP systems, scored against your requirements in about ten minutes.
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